Lease Renewal Deadline, I’m freaking out
Hi, I (19M) and my husband (20M) have been living in a residence in Maine for 9 months now. We co-signed with my father who I am low contact with and we have paid our rent on time every month (we being my husband lol). We received the renewal request in April, and stupidly I didn’t read it very thoroughly and didn’t catch the deadline to sign the renewal for a 12 month lease. My husband signed on time, I signed a few days after and my co-signer still hasn’t signed. We got in contact today and he said he would sign but idk if we should.
According to the contract we would be put on a month to month lease for 175 more than we pay right now if we sign today. The option we were wanting was the 12 month lease for 50 more than we currently pay.
I emailed the rental company asking if it’s possible to continue with the 12 month lease despite the deadline. Is there anything more I can do? The company is MREM if anyone had any experience with this company in particular. I tried emailing earlier in the month of may and they never got back to me. I looked at the original contract and it didn’t say anything about a fee for late signing, it just said we’d be automatically place at a month to month lease which scares me bc idk what a month to month lease would entail besides that it would cost more. We like this place and I feel so terrible for not seeing the fine print sooner. I don’t want to hear about how stupid I am I just want advice. I really hope they let use do the 12 month lease.